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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">WHAT: <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_0><SPAN class=yshortcuts>MEL BROOKS’ THE PRODUCERS</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'">WHEN: <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_1 style="CURSOR: hand"><SPAN class=yshortcuts>JULY 23-25</SPAN></SPAN> & <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_2 style="CURSOR: hand"><SPAN class=yshortcuts>JULY 29</SPAN></SPAN>-AUG. 1 AT 8PM</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt"><SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN id=lw_1248364642_4 style="CURSOR: hand"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'">962 LUTHER RD., EAST GREENBUSH, 12061</SPAN></SPAN></B></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Producers Joanne Peal and Jonathan Janssen proudly announce the continuation of Spotlight Players Community Theater’s tradition of big, beautiful summer musicals with the 2001 Tony-winning hit show <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_5><SPAN class=yshortcuts>The Producers</SPAN></SPAN>. Michael C. Mensching directs a show that is so outrageously entertaining, it will leave you exhausted and wanting more. With the inspired assistance of Choreographer and Assistant Director Heather D’Arcy and veteran Music Director Vince Bonafede, Mensching plans to put on a show that is a hilarious tribute to every show there is, good and bad, about putting on a show.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Producer/Director Mel Brooks took a real gamble when he adapted his 1968 cult film satire to the musical stage. The story is outrageous: flop-covered <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_6><SPAN class=yshortcuts>theatrical producer</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_7 style="CURSOR: hand"><SPAN class=yshortcuts>Max Bialystock</SPAN></SPAN> (Eric Shovah) realizes the road to his financial redemption lies in producing the worst musical ever written, raising more than 1,000 percent of the capital, and pocketing it all when the show is a one-night-only disaster. Aided and abetted by a timid accountant named Leo Bloom (Jerry Gretzinger), Bialystock options the rights to the worst possible play they can find: A salute to the Third Reich by one <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_8 style="CURSOR: hand"><SPAN class=yshortcuts>Franz Liebkind</SPAN></SPAN> (Greg Dodds), a
pigeon-keeping Nazi, called ''<SPAN id=lw_1248364642_9 style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; CURSOR: hand"><SPAN class=yshortcuts>Springtime for Hitler</SPAN></SPAN>.'' And for the worst of all possible directors? A theater queen to end all theater queens, the lavender-voiced <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_10 style="CURSOR: hand"><SPAN class=yshortcuts>Roger De Bris</SPAN></SPAN> (Ken Kasch). Of course, if the show, by some insane chance, were to become a hit, Bialystock and Bloom would be thrown in jail. Add to the mix a gorgeous Swedish secretary (Laura Tortorici), a fawning sprite of a personal assistant (Ryan Glynn) and an ensemble of singing and dancing Nazis, and you’ve got the makings of a <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_11><SPAN class=yshortcuts>Mel Brooks</SPAN></SPAN> comedic masterpiece.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Spotlight has assembled a top-notch <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_12><SPAN class=yshortcuts>production team</SPAN></SPAN> to help bring The Producers to bold, brassy life in a technically difficult environment. Mensching co-set designed with <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_13><SPAN class=yshortcuts>Michael McDermott</SPAN></SPAN> (their 2 most recent collaborations won TANYS Awards) and is aided by Assistant Director Alexis Makey and <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_14><SPAN class=yshortcuts>Stage Manager</SPAN></SPAN> Matt Sikora. Chris Persans is <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_15><SPAN class=yshortcuts>Costume Designer</SPAN></SPAN>, Ric Bello is <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_16 style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; CURSOR: hand"><SPAN class=yshortcuts>Sound Designer</SPAN></SPAN> and David Malson is <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_17><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Tickets for the show are $15. For reservations or further information, please call <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_18 style="CURSOR: hand"><SPAN class=yshortcuts>518-210-9758</SPAN></SPAN>.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">This initial show of our 2009-2010 seasons will be complimented by the Capital District Community Theater Premiere of <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_19 style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; CURSOR: hand"><SPAN class=yshortcuts>Jason Robert Brown</SPAN></SPAN>’s <I>Parade</I> in <SPAN id=lw_1248364642_20 style="CURSOR: hand"><SPAN class=yshortcuts>May 2010</SPAN></SPAN>, and our summer production of 2010 will be <I>Curtains</I>.</SPAN></P>
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<H2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=2>Spotlight Players Community Theater, Inc. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=2>PO Box 132 East Greenbush, NY 12061<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H2>
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<H2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=2>We deliver quality productions at an affordable price and honor our volunteers and members with respect for free!<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H2></DIV>
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